Malnutrition

Although, each author of the sources used have wonderful points and some experience needed I believe that governments should focus on world hunger by addressing the issue of poverty. Poverty is a huge obstacle and if we do not start somewhere people will continue to suffer. Even if governments just confront hunger in smaller communities or areas then it could help others realize the problem and make them want to make a change for the better. The argument that swayed me was provided by Kathleen…

Low income families, are truly affected when it comes to nutrition. This is a result of limited to no access to supermarkets in the communities they live in (Horning, Fulkerson, 2014). According to Horning and Fulkerson, low income communities have more access to fast food than they do nutritious food. In communities where access to healthy foods are limited, everyone health is affected. Children from low income households often lack fruits and vegetables in their diet, nutritious foods are…

The quality of food has been a major point of interest in academic and political circles to explain the disparities in health between two groups of people. As one of the most developed countries in the world, the United States’ population has seen a major decline for communicable diseases like polio and smallpox, while there is a major uptick in non-communicable diseases. The eradication of devastating and easily spread diseases should be applauded, but there is still tremendous work to be done…

We Must End Hunger in America, started with Child Hunger. But even though America is the Wealthiest and most agriculturally abundant country in the worlds history, food insecurity now ravages to 49 million Americans. Including nearly 16 million American Children. Most Children around in America grow up poor and have no choice but to be poor and Homeless with no Food, all because of the Parents situation that put them in that predicament. The Thoughts I would want my fellow Americans to have is…

ays, the demand outstrips the supply. The Solution Our company has been able to implement a donor-based solution called Vesco to fill the gaps left by the high demand. We have been able to do this through a streamlined process known as M-Commerce. M-Commerce is a great pathway to reaching many individuals, who have the means to give, that otherwise may have not taken the initiative. As mentioned before, much of the food we supply to hungry families and individuals comes to us at little or no…

For my RISE project, I would like to work on hunger in Massachusetts with an additional interest in hunger in children. I first started working with hunger in seventh grade with my advisory. Since then, I’ve taken a new initiative and began volunteering at A Place To Turn during my free time. Last year, I set up a food drive for them and was able to collect over three hundred items of food. This year, I am hoping to continue with these food drives and collection drives on a larger scale. I know…

This article revolves around the theme that America as a whole is getting fatter mainly because of fast food being easily available at a low cost. Roland Sturm, a senior economist at the RAND Corporation, conducted many research studies and came to the conclusion that everyone as a whole, regardless of gender, ethnicity, or socio-economic status, is gaining weight. He states, “People aren't becoming obese because they don't have enough money or because Southern hospitality makes you fat. And…

Improving Food Access: Using Agent Based Simulation Abstract ID: I321 Abstract A steady increase in number of cases for chronic diseases like type-2 diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease and some cancers has been one of the biggest problems in healthcare. One of the main reasons for this is not maintaining adequate consumption of healthy and high quality food. Access to healthy food is critical public-health concern and consequently there is an increasing interest in mapping the…

Should America feed the countries of the world or should America teach them to feed themselves? This is a topic has been going on for years, it even stretches back, to the foundation of America itself. America for many years sent resources back to their mother country, Great Britain such as wood which was not as plenteous in Great Britain as America. This was a very critical part of growing the economy, this went on for many year and you know the rest of the story. Then jump to the present day…

I am the director of the Hillsborough County health department. I want to develop an intervention that address women’s weight issues to prevent childhood obesity in African Americans. This an important issue to address, because eating behaviors evolve during the first years of life as biological and behavioral process directed toward meeting requirements for health and growth (). Children rely on their parents when it comes to procurement and preparation of food. Living in urban areas has a…